FIREWALL: BERNIE'S FREE COLLEGE ISN'T FREE

YESTERDAY'S HEADLINES TODAY - VOL. 895

Quinnipiac: Hillary 40, Trump 38, Johnson 5

3 Stupidest Media Reactions To David French's Possible Candidacy

Conservatives rebuff Bill Kristol's third-party pick

David French: I Will Vote for Donald Trump If He Is the Nominee

Donald Trump and the 2016 Presidential Primary

Trump As Tribal Leader

Hillary Clinton's Church Problem

Hillary's Potential Email Felonies

Even lefty PolitiFact calls Hillary a liar over email scam

Hillary as Secretary of State: A Failure of Leadership (and a National Security Disaster)



Time for a Conservative Revival

How To Burn Down The Two-Party System

How the Democrat Party Ruined Atlanta

No, We Haven't Discovered 'Gun Control That Actually Works'

'Radical' vs. 'Moderate' Islam: A Muslim View

Free Speech Doesn't Require Colleges To Sponsor Their Opponents

Obama Regime Keeps House Republicans Waiting on Transgender Bathroom Order

5 Reasons President Obama's New Transgender School Policy Is Foolish

The Transgender Debate Moves To The Sports Field

Transgender Bathrooms and the Catholic Stand

AFTERBURNER: BERNIE & THE POLITICS OF ENVY

FIREWALL: THE MOST SHAMEFUL INJUSTICE

PUERTO RICO: THE PROGRESSIVE UTOPIA IS HERE

They said it could never happen, but utopian prophesies have come true, in a land not far from you. Scott Ott shows how the goofy ideas of progressives made it happen.

YESTERDAY'S HEADLINES TODAY - VOL. 676

Hillary Clinton Goes to Welfare Island

The three stooges of the apocalypse

Rachel Dolezal Is Blacker Than Bruce Jenner Is Female

No, the Difference Between Dolezal and Jenner is Not 'Fraud'

America's Openly Gay Ambassadors Boast: ObamaTrade 'Will Export' LGBT Agenda

Dana Milbank Is So Dishonest, Interviewees Have to Post Their Email Correspondence to Correct Record

Is "Safe-Sex" Education Really the Reason Behind the Drop in Abortion?

Islamofascism: Jihad on Churches

The Postcolonial Rot Spreads Beyond Middle East Studies

Magna Carta and the Law that Governs Government

MAXIMUM RAGE FOR MINIMUM WAGE BACKFIRES

Some minimum wage protesters will lose their health care benefits if they receive $15.00 an hour. Some will even lose their jobs to automation. Is the minimum wage really lifting people out of poverty? Probably not. Hear why.

TRIFECTA: HISTORIC FAIL FOR OBAMA'S ECONOMY

YESTERDAY'S HEADLINES TODAY - VOL. 664

Inevitable: WaPo/ABC, CNN polls shows Hillary Clinton's favorability going negative already

The Long, Partisan Journalism Career of Clinton Rage Monkey 'Sid Vicious' Blumenthal

Surprise: The Clinton Foundation Took Money from Saudi Propagandists

ObamaCare: 2016 sticker shock

The ObamaCare Death Spiral Is Still Coming

Surprise: Minorities Will Be Hardest Hit By Obama's Franchising Crackdown

Obama and the Culture War Endgame

Time to Question Inevitability of Gay "Marriage"

Media Peddles Pro-Abortion Junk Science on Fetal Pain

College Board's Reckless Left-Wing Distortion of U.S. History

IT'S CRIME TIME IN AMERICA'S BIG CITIES

Crime is spiking in Democrat cities like Chicago, Baltimore and New York City. Several police officers were also killed in the line of duty around the nation. Is it time to stop the crime and bring back "broken windows" policing to urban areas? John Phillips, Scott Ott and Stephen Kruiser give you the answer.

THREE MARTINI LUNCH: MAY 5, 2015

National Review's Jim Geraghty and Radio America's Greg Corombos discuss current events. Today's Martinis: Huckabee makes it official, Obama pontificates, and Fox News stumbles in reporting a police shooting.



Baltimore Received $1.8 Billion from Obama's Stimulus Law

The city of Baltimore received over $1.8 billion from President Barack Obama's stimulus law, including $467.1 million to invest in education and $26.5 million for crime prevention.

President Obama claimed last Tuesday that if the Republican-controlled Congress would implement his policies to make "massive investments in urban communities," they could "make a difference right now" in the city, currently in upheaval following the death of Freddie Gray.

However, a Washington Free Beacon analysis found that the Obama administration and Democratically-controlled Congress did make a "massive" investment into Baltimore, appropriating $1,831,768,487 though the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), commonly known as the stimulus.

According to Recovery.gov, one of Baltimore's central ZIP codes, 21201, received the most stimulus funding in the city, a total of $837,955,866. The amount included funding for 276 awards, and the website reports that the spending had created 290 jobs in the fourth quarter in 2013.

Of this amount, $467.1 million went to education; $206.1 million to the environment; $24 million to "family"; $16.1 million to infrastructure; $15.2 million to transportation; $11.9 million to housing; and $3.1 million to job training.

ZIP code 21202 received $425,170,937, including a $136 million grant to "improve teaching and learning for students most at risk of failing to meet State academic achievement standards."

Twenty-nine other ZIP codes listed in Baltimore city received a total of $568,641,684...

Also read:

The New Republic Admits: Liberal Racism Caused Baltimore Riots

Huck 2.0

THIS DAY IN TWITCHY: MAY 4, 2015

'Well known by FBI': Suspect in Garland shooting ID'd as Elton Simpson

on @GMA now -- Official: One of Texas Shooting Suspects IDed http://t.co/HrTyJfLzRV #garlandshooting

— Brian Ross (@BrianRoss) May 4, 2015

'Cowards': Michelle Malkin calls out UK Daily Mail's 'coverage' of Garland attack

Cowards at Daily Mail black out Muhammad art in news story on Garland Tx==> #dhimmitude pic.twitter.com/Nf43tSbEGq

— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) May 4, 2015

'Making a complete fool out of her': CNN's Alisyn Camerota 'schooled' by Pamela Geller

Media is furious a savage proved Pamela Geller correct. Geller risked her life to bring awareness and @CNN is victim-blaming her.

— John Nolte (@NolteNC) May 4, 2015

'AMEN!' Brad Thor sees the Garland attack as an important constitutional reminder

The #GarlandAttack is a reminder of why we have both a 1st and a 2nd Amendment... #garlandshooting pic.twitter.com/Mtdd3zHgBp

— Brad Thor (@BradThor) May 4, 2015

R.I.P.: NYPD officer Brian Moore dies after gunman shot him in the face

A very sad day as we mourn the loss of PO Brian Moore.Thoughts and prayers go out to his family and @NYPD105Pct #hero pic.twitter.com/IaAxH1Gg9j

— NYPD 60th Precinct (@NYPD60Pct) May 4, 2015

'Are you guys nuts?' Salon frames Garland attack as Pam Geller's 'fatal anti-Muslim' stunt

Pam Geller defends her fatal anti-Muslim stunt, bashes "elite media's backlash-o-phobia" http://t.co/ELleqiWwku pic.twitter.com/J6sQam00iv

— Salon.com (@Salon) May 4, 2015

'Stop the presses!' Report: State Dept. found no evidence Hillary was swayed by donations

Nope. There's not a shred of evidence. That's what's so great about deleting evidence! https://t.co/jeT3HJK0bK

— Michelle Peper (@MPeper) May 4, 2015

'Headlines Politico never writes about Dems': Does only the GOP have 'fringe' candidates? Survey says 'no'

.@instapundit @politico For comparison, Socialist Bernie Sanders running for the Dems is proof to Media that Hillary isn't a Socialist.

— John Rivers (@JohnRiversToo) May 4, 2015

What do these cities that 'don't have enough jobs' have in common? President doesn't say

NYC, NJ and Chicago... hmmm.... What do these places all have in common? Hint: Decades of Democrat policies. https://t.co/kIiYQBtHp3

— RB (@RBPundit) May 4, 2015

Second suspect in Garland, Texas shooting ID'd, was roommate of Elton Simpson; Update: Attended Islamic Community Center in Phoenix

NEW: 2nd gunman in Garland ID'd as Nadir Soofi of Phoenix, roommate of other shooter @NBCDFW http://t.co/ZxnIzPLTVd pic.twitter.com/QYXGGdsYzP

— ScottGordonNBC5 (@ScottGordonNBC5) May 4, 2015

YESTERDAY'S HEADLINES TODAY - VOL. 636

Blame the Democrats for Baltimore

Here's Why Vigilant Policing Is Necessary

Guns: The Difference Between Garland and Paris

The Erosion of Free Speech

'Critical Alert': Jeff Sessions Warns America Against Potentially Disastrous Obama Trade Deal

Team Christie acknowledges series of miracles required to win GOP nomination

American Conservatives' Anti-Tax Pledge Crosses the Ocean to Britain

Protein World protests end well...for Protein World

California's soon-to-be saint hailed as a man ahead of his time

Clueless: The View's Nicolle Wallace Whines 'How Can Conservatives Be Mad at Me?'

LIBERALS CELEBRATE BALTIMORE RIOTS

Liberal website Salon.com celebrated and defended the riots in Baltimore, arguing that it is a response to state violence. Find out why.

THIS DAY IN TWITCHY: APRIL 30, 2015

Michael Moore: It's time to release prisoners and 'disarm the police'

@MMFlint how about they all get released in your neighborhood? Still for it?

— Travis Leslie (@LonestarLeslie) April 30, 2015

Al Sharpton's latest bright idea: Have the Justice Department 'take over policing in this country'

"A pompous, race-baiting agitator"@BaltSunVid @baltimoresun

— Doc Jerry K (@Doc_JJK) April 30, 2015

NAN-tastic: Backdrop for Baltimore mayor's #FreddieGray update speaks volumes

@FoxNews Justice by her definition is code language for revenge. Is she getting justice for all the Black murder victims in her city?

— David A. Clarke, Jr. (@SheriffClarke) April 30, 2015

Al Sharpton really didn't want this Fox News reporter to ask Baltimore mayor a question

Sharpton told @LelandVittert the mayor would answer all questions after the event. He lied, The mayor snuck out the back, never took Qs.

— johnny dollar (@johnnydollar01) April 30, 2015

New cop-killing fashion trend: The 'Assata taught me' protest hoodie

Disturbing new liberal trend: Idiots wearing "Assata taught me" shirts celebrating cop-killing run-away Assata Shakur pic.twitter.com/4R6yg0yjRx

— Bill (@DefendWallSt) April 30, 2015

'That much stupid must hurt': Jessica Valenti wishes the pope were more pro-abort

What good is social justice if you can't kill babies? https://t.co/4LqM1MnKrv

— David Freddoso (@freddoso) April 30, 2015

GoFundMe updates terms after pulling fundraiser for shuttered Christian bakery

Fascists. @kelseyjharkness @gofundme

— casey parker (@CaseyParksIt) April 30, 2015

'Look at all the diversity!' Dems' 2016 lineup leads trip to 'Bizarro World'

@TheDemocrats pic.twitter.com/SCXLPZtswt

— AtlasSaidEffThis! (@DaveMBP) April 30, 2015

Blame America! Ex-Gov. O'Malley plays trusty Dem card when Jake Tapper corners him on Baltimore

When asked about 50 years of failed liberalism.... Martin O'Malley blamed America for Baltimore's failures.

— John Nolte (@NolteNC) April 30, 2015

'We're good, thanks': Will President Community Organizer return to his roots?

LMAO! RT @thehill: Obama hints at return to community organizing after leaving office: http://t.co/SoP9hTFWIT pic.twitter.com/mFr8JV89hT

— Jules (@JulesPSpencer) April 30, 2015

'LOL, that's awesome!' What this kid did to Obama makes us weep with joy

Having grown accustomed to WH press letting him drone on way too long, Obama finally gets called out (by a child) https://t.co/QYTbgdzZZT

— Andrew Stiles (@AndrewStilesUSA) April 30, 2015

Someone's parents are about to get audited. https://t.co/OcNOvlNZdw

— Bacon Ninja (@BaconNinja16) April 30, 2015

BATF: APRIL 30, 2015

Welcome back to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Friends! This week, RedState's own Moe Lane joins regular panelists Leon Wolf of RedState, Scott Lincicome of the Cato Institute, F. Bill McMorris of the Washington Free Beacon, Neal Dewing of The Federalist, and Jeff Blehar of the Ace of Spades Decision Desk to discuss Baltimore, the Clinton Foundation, and the Iran deal.

YESTERDAY'S HEADLINES TODAY - VOL. 631

U.S. Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments on Same-Sex "Marriage"

Obama Regime Says Non-Profit Status is 'Going to Be an Issue' for Religious Schools

Who Will Be the Next Victim of the Big Gay Hate Machine?

The Unraveling of the Common Good

Gender-Diverse Marriage Laws Do Not Infringe the Liberty of Gay and Lesbian Americans

I'm Gay, and I Oppose Same-Sex "Marriage"

Is Homosexual "Marriage" Even Possible?

HuffPo editor: 'Why doesn't the Left advocate for persecuted Christians?'

Baltimore Is a Democrat Problem, Not America's Problem

In Praise of Partisan Rancor: Politics Shouldn't Be Fun

THIS DAY IN TWITCHY: APRIL 28, 2015

Media under attack in Baltimore as well; Photographer bloodied, camera stolen, accused of faking it

look at him all alive and shit RT @jimspellmanTV: Our cameraman was just attacked by protestors and camera stolen. pic.twitter.com/VfsK3PknX3

— Till Odinson (@thetillshow) April 28, 2015

To riot or not to riot in Baltimore: Vox helps you decide

#BaltimoreRiots #FreddieGray When liberal white people want to be down with black/brown, they write this stuff https://t.co/Gx2r0B5CWn

— Ripclawe (@Ripclawe) April 28, 2015

Tweeters wonder who CNN reporter Miguel Marquez was talking to on his phone all day long

High 5 to CNN reporter @miguelmarquez who has been reporting on the #BaltimoreRiots, all while on hold with @comcast pic.twitter.com/TesJqQodrx

— Gerald Halloran III™ (@GH3_NYC) April 28, 2015

Matt Drudge offers up ominous warning over the #BaltimoreRiots: 'the country could fall'

@IamZenaWarrior1 @DRUDGE I was hoping after Ferguson it might peter out, but I knew it'd get stoked again. This is how a nation dies #murder

— R.O.C.K. in the USSA (@ROCKInTheUSSA) April 28, 2015

Good news: Salon just endorsed arson and looting as a 'legitimate political strategy'

Burning police cars and destroying private property is a legitimate political strategy http://t.co/Rx7RxQzLwr pic.twitter.com/Kft0JKy672

— Salon.com (@Salon) April 28, 2015

Politico's Glenn Thrush cites Oklahoma City bombing as example of white people rioting

.@GlennThrush That's terrorism, Glenn. You're getting your false equivalences crossed up.

— neontaster (@neontaster) April 28, 2015

'Shame on you'! CNN's Brooke Baldwin offers B.S. excuse for smearing vets over #FreddieGray

Guys take it easy on @BrookeBCNN. She has friends that are VIOLENT PSYCHOPATHS!!!! https://t.co/F61zKGvA9Y

— F. Bill McMorris (@FBillMcMorris) April 28, 2015

Watch this clueless Baltimore woman berate CNN's Chris Cuomo

Not pleased with the way Baltimore is portrayed on news, this woman berating Chris Cuomo pic.twitter.com/GklmKFV2md

— Megan Specia (@meganspecia) April 29, 2015

Geraldo Rivera proves to be especially potent riot irritant in Baltimore, nearly fights with protester

Dear #BaltimoreProtest: You already won over my head. But threatening Geraldo Rivera with a beating? Now...now you have my heart.

— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) April 29, 2015

'We have a winner': Kevin D. Williamson perfectly nutshells the Baltimore problem

Baltimore is the Left fighting the Left over the failed policies of the Left.

— Kevin D. Williamson (@KevinNR) April 28, 2015

THREE MARTINI LUNCH: APRIL 28, 2015

National Review's Jim Geraghty and Radio America's Greg Corombos discuss current events. Today's Martinis: Baltimore's mayor stumbles in her response to increasing violence by rioters - and may have encouraged them with some ill-chosen words. Plus, even amid the ongoing riots is media coverage too focused on the bad news out of Baltimore?



Blue City Blues: The Left's Burning Cities

In Baltimore, as the National Guard steps in, curfews are imposed, and business owners pick up the pieces from their burned-out, looted stores, let's not forget why one more American city has been torn apart by racial violence. Blue America has failed at social justice. It has failed at equality. It has failed at accountability. Its competing constituencies are engaged in street battles, and any exploration of "root causes" must necessarily include decades of failed policies - all imposed by steadfastly Democratic mayors and city leaders.

Are the riots caused by the Baltimore Police Department's "documented history" of abuse? Which party has run Baltimore and allowed its police officers to allegedly run amok? Going deeper, which American political movement lionizes public-employee unions, fiercely protecting them from even the most basic reform? Public-employee unions render employee discipline difficult and often impossible. Jobs are functionally guaranteed for life, and rogue officers can count on the best representation money can buy - courtesy of Blue America.

Are the riots caused by inequality? Orioles' owner Peter Angelos's son, John, made waves on the left with his "tweetstorm" stating that his "greater source of personal concern, outrage, and sympathy" was not with "one night's property damage" but with a litany of economic outrages that he claims have "plunged tens of millions of hard-working Americans into economic devastation." Mother Jones summed up his message by declaring, "At the end of the day, it comes down to social and economic inequality."

So let's examine inequality. It turns out that the more "blue" a city is, the greater its level of income inequality...

Also read:

Riot-Plagued Baltimore Is a Catastrophe Entirely of the Democrat Party's Own Making

The sickening few in the media who welcomed the Baltimore riots

THIS DAY IN TWITCHY: APRIL 27, 2015

'How many did he send to Chris Kyle's'? Obama dispatches WH aides to Freddie Gray funeral

@Cameron_Gray @foxnewspolitics I wish I could think this is unbelievable, but it's not.
— Sportsyackontap (@sportsyack) April 27, 2015

'Scary stuff': Baltimore police warn of 'credible threat' from gangs to 'take out' officers

Baltimore has "safe space" for rioters and thugs while gangsters unite to threaten cops... https://t.co/XVUqtbywKW
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) April 27, 2015

Baltimore police clash with #FreddieGray protesters; Reporter maced, officers injured, police car smashed

BREAKING: At least 7 officers wounded in violent protests; one officer “unresponsive” - @CNN pic.twitter.com/FeRxPTcMzX
— NewsBreaker (@NewsBreaker) April 27, 2015

'You scumbags': Baltimore rioters fight for justice by looting CVS; Update: Now on fire

CVS on fire. Building above is senior citizen housing pic.twitter.com/ob69QcSWNk
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) April 27, 2015

'ARE YOU KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW!?' TNR editor says #FreddieGray rioters are just 'communicating'

@JamilSmith @MichaelSkolnik Violence is communication? Seriously? When the police communicate back with bullets will you say the same?
— × (@scrillakev) April 27, 2015

Protesters slash fire hoses as looted CVS burns; Sally Kohn declares #BaltimoreRising

A masked criminal slicing a fire hose cause he'd rather see his city burn to the ground! #BaltimoreRiots pic.twitter.com/u6lv61UqfG
— Patrick (@Lomawny) April 27, 2015

Baltimore mayor decries 'thugs,' imposes curfew … starting tomorrow; Mall being looted?

@brianjameswalsh @MomMilkshake Tonight there is a safe space for those who want destruction.
— RealProfMoriarty (@moriartytr) April 28, 2015

Geniuses: Baltimore rioters steal from African hair salon

TV, hair extensions & products stolen from Binta's African Hair on Eutaw by looters at 4-4:30 pic.twitter.com/M7p4aR9vRL
— Yvonne Wenger (@yvonnewenger) April 27, 2015

Now: Massive three-alarm fire breaks out on east side of Baltimore, was to be senior housing

A man dances on a burned car as men loot the business behind it in Baltimore: pic.twitter.com/Lmn0cFjF81
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorpNBC) April 28, 2015

No justice, No Charmin! Looters steal toilet paper, Pringles, and Oreos to honor Freddie Gray

With that said...nothing honors a man's death like the looting of toilet paper! #BalitmoreRiots #Baltimore pic.twitter.com/xleGbj4HfO
— VentressUnhinged (@SirKittyWideBtm) April 28, 2015